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There is a LOT of truth in the interstate system being built as alternate airports !
At least that's what I heard at the consulting engineering firm where I did some atuocad work....
(and all they did was DESIGN some of the interstate systems)
Check the laws under which the Eisenhower Interstate System was constructed. If I recall correctly, there was some suggestion that runways may have been built adjacent to Interstate highways but the highways themselves I'm pretty sure were not included. Also, I beleive the structural integrity of a highways system is a bit below a commercial runway. Not they they couldn't be put into temporary use mind you...
Gets pretty boring around here working nights. I have actually got that message on my computer "You have reached the end of the internet, hit the back button"
Not all these statements are facts. I am pretty sure the one-in-five Intersate highway is not as well as "Ring -Around-The-Rosie".
Actually, I beleive the interstate one is the opposite, I thought that 1 mile out of every 5 had to have some sort of curve to it, as the many of the first interstates were straight, and there were many deaths and accidents due to people falling asleep......just saw it on the history chanel......the first hiway to incorperate this was the Autobahn.
[blockquote]This one is deep...think about the cultural impact this could have: NO WAR HAS BEEN FOUGHT WHERE BOTH COUNTRIES HAD A McDonalds[/blockquote]
Ah HAH!!! That explains it!!! It wasn't about oil, it wasn't even about ridding the world of an evil dictator...IT WAS ABOUT MCDONALDS!!!! Now that we occupy Iraq there's going to be a McD's on every corner in Bagdhad! The Board of Directors is the secret society behind all major political decisions in the world!!!!
[blockquote]This one is deep...think about the cultural impact this could have: NO WAR HAS BEEN FOUGHT WHERE BOTH COUNTRIES HAD A McDonalds[/blockquote]
Ah HAH!!! That explains it!!! It wasn't about oil, it wasn't even about ridding the world of an evil dictator...IT WAS ABOUT MCDONALDS!!!! Now that we occupy Iraq there's going to be a McD's on every corner in Bagdhad! The Board of Directors is the secret society behind all major political decisions in the world!!!!
I for one welcome our new McDonalds overloards.
Later,
Rory
Didn't you know that Bush is really Ronald McDonald in disguise.